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fjtjl MtprOBP fOREOOW) MAIL TRIBUNg Wednesday, June 7, 1950 On the Side-8' v Dur,in (Distributed bit Kin totiirei Syndic, In.) i hi NMHIHIIMIItHUIIIIMt When I am dead, my 6areit, Sing no tad aongi lor me; Plant thou no roiel at my head. Nor shady cypreM-tree; Be the green grait above me With ihoweri and dewdropi wet; And If thou wilt, remember. And H thou wilt forget. ChrllUna Round (Above are the line which in spired the title of the grim iilm. "No Sad Songi for Me," in which Margaret Sullivan ! currently appearing.) What city in the U. 6. A pays lt fire fighters the most money? If you don't know I don't think you would ever guess. The an swer is Dearborn, Mich., where the annual wage of a fireman is $4,360. New York city firemen are paid $4,150 a year. Consider ing the experiences Chicago has had with fire you would think its firemen would be paid excel lent salaries. Such is far from the case. In a recently issued list of the salaries paid firemen in over 100 United States municipalities, Chicago was 80th on the list. Imagine that; the second city in the country being 80th on the list in salaries paid firemen. The Chicago firemen are paid $3,480 a year. They have to be on duty 67 hours a week. Divorcee Have recently noted report of an unusual number of couples who have been divorced after 50 or more years of marriage. The provocation must be great for people to want to separate after living together for half a century or more. It certainly was in the case of that 72-year-old woman of Delaware, Ohio, who, in ask ing for a divorce, charged that her husband hit her on the head with a rolling pin while they were celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. War Are you worrying about there being another war shortly? Did yoti hear what General MacAr thur had to aay about the situa tion? If not, you might find some consolation in his observation: "The basic reason for concluding there will not be a war soon is because) of the changed nature of war. The scientists of the world have developed to such an extraordinary degree the pro cesses and ways of accomplish ing mass killing that war is no longer rationally a means of settling international problems. Its destructiveness has become so great that there can be no winner. Both sides lose. It is al most a form of mutual suicide." Briefly I am informed that in Millvale, Pa., I have a reader who is 107 years old. Her name is Eliza Dent. She reads without the aid of spectacles. ... A Bostonian asks for a poem she can use to express gratitude to her physi cian for saving her life. I suggest the following by Adelaide Love: I think of you as shielding The candle of the breath With gentle hand adroitly Against a gust of death. Paning By Roger Chauveron, maestro of New York's most expensive res taurant, Le Cafe Chambord, on Third avenue. This restaurant serves only about 200 meals a day yet it has 80 employees, 21 of these working in the kitchen. His System A New Yorker took a visiting friend from London out to Bel mont park one day last week The New Yorker, a great student of form, ended up the day a los er. His London friend who didn't look at a racing form, tip card or scratch sheet all after noon and was not familiar with the American horses was a win ner. "What is your method of selection?" the New Yorker asked. "Oh, I just use an old sys tem my grandfather told me about." said the Londoner. "I play all the horses in whose first or second names the third letter is R." On that dav this peculiar system gave him Ethel Terry, paying $17.80. and "Night Bird. ,ird, paying $14.10. He bet on only six horses in the eight races. Maybe this system will appeal to your wife. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What is the origin of the use by news papermen of "30" to indicate the end ? I have had six differ ent answers to this from news papermen already. A. Was in- i umcK Qt51 Before You Buy ASBESTOS Be Sure tc INVESTIGATI Our Prices and Terms COMPARE BIG PINES JOHNS-MANVILLE QUALITY and LOW MONTHLY TERMS You Will Save Monney and Be Assured of Complete Satisfaction IF YOU BUY FROM A LONG ESTABLISHED RELIABLE MEDFORD CONCERN 1 , t ... ' " Germany' HUMSXT 1 (Acm9 Telephoto) RED RIOT Map shows where German Communist youths stirred op trouble on border separating East and West Germany while returning from red rally in Berlin (1). Clashes developed at Hof (2) and Luebeek 3. Nine thousand reds reportedry have massed at Luebeek. refusing to register and submtt to medical examinations before re-entering West Germany. Johns-Manville Asbestos Siding Is the BEST for New Construc tion or Re-Siding Older Houses! And for Lasting Roofs, Too! mm iphkiibs LUMBER COMPANY i Mt.vuit Since 1908 - 6h and F-ir Phone 2-62S1 Rogue River Fire Summons Firemen From Annual Ball Rogue River, June 7 The third annual Firemen's ball giv en at the high school gym Sat urday was climaxed by a fire at the country home of Dr. A. P. Klomhatis, lour miles from town, on the West Evans Creek road. A larue combination shop and deep freezer room was gutted by the fire and the building and contents, including a new freez er, valuable shop equipment and other tools were a total loss. Discovered at Midnight The fire was discovered after midnight and while Dr. and Mrs. Klomhaus battled desperately to save their new home, about eight feet from the shoD. their son, Gilbert, alerted the neighbors and Gretchen Klomhaus drove to Rogue River to call the volun teer fire department. She con tacted fireman Jerry Cleveland's wife who went to the city hall to blow the fire siren while Gret chen raced to the school house, where she notified the firemen. Those nearest the door were on their way when the siren sound ed. The rural pumper truck rush ed to the fue and was followed by the forestry truck driven by Oin Hilger. "When I arrived," said Hilger, "the firemen had the fire under control but not out. Water from the two trucks was Just enough with the water from Dr. Klomhaus private fire fight ing water system." "We couldn't use our new portable pump," said Fire Chief Dave Grlvin. "because we didn't have enough hose to reach Evans creek. We were giving the dance to raise funds to buy hose." At tendance at the dance was fair, he reported, "but we would ap preciate more support of our summer dances at the slab in the park. Support Needed "Folks may not understand. but we need their support a little longer. The boys have been giv ing the best protection they could to the rural district for the past three years. Not only fight ing the country fires, for free, but giving dances to raise funds to buy the rural fire equipment. And we would like more of the rural folks to come to our dances or purchase tickets to help our efforts. Saturday night we all ruined our best clothes and after the fire, the truck broke down. We've got it fixed temporarily but we need more funds, so we are giving the first of the sum mer dances, next Saturday. " The tired disheartened fire- spired by practice of newspaper telegraphers using No. .Ill to in dicate the end of an item. Q. How many people does the av erage president of the United States shake hand with in a year? A. President Truman recently stated he shook hands with about 5.000 people annually. At the same time he said his wife shook hands with about 50.000 people year. . MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8382 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bldgood Hudson Mcdford't Own Modern Pharmacy men who deaned the gymnasium Knnriav morninc also cleaned the concrete dance floor at the park that afternoon. District Plan Told A report on formation of the Rural Fire district, which is not vet comoleted. was given at the Business Men's booster dinner Thursday evening. Five direct ors are required and in order to elect them, five petitions, each bearing 15 signatures, must be presented. The first petition re questing the formation of the district was circulated by Grange Master Carl Christenson and the final ones were completed by the Lioni Auxiliary, reported Gel vln. "Now we need help with the directors' petitions and we also need the support of the rural district at o u r benefit dances which will finance our fire fight ing until the district is completed and tax money is made avail able," he said. Appeal Raised "Residents of the city of Rogue River are paying a tax for their fire protection and they have been supporting and furnishing the free protection given the ranchers. After three years they feel the burden. And the boys are getting discouraged, only the siren will bring them out for practice now. mis is a direct ap peal to all of the district: Don't slacken your support In this dan gerously dry summer, come to the park next Saturday whether you dance or not. It is for the protection of your home. We ex tend a cordial invitation to all." OLD FRIENDS STICK Newburyport, Mass. U.R) When Mr. and Mrs. William Hicks celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, they had as guests six persons who were guests at their wedding 30 years before. ....AROUND HOLLYWOOD l VIRGINIA MicPHERSON United Press Cerreapoadaet Virginia. bcPhene Hollywood, June 7 (U.PJ Plenty of big-name stars will cry on your shoulder about how tough their jobs are but not Jim Davis He comes right out and admits H o 1 1 y w ood's the softest touch there is. "Most actors and actresses never had it so good," he said. "Don't let 'em give you that line about slav ing before a hot camera all day. "That's a lotta hooey!" Davis, who made his ill-fated movie debut with Bette Davis in "Winter Meeting," is the gent who digs ditches and lays bricks when acting jobs are scarce. I got the deep-freeze treat ment after that picture," he grinned. "It was a turkey and I was in and out faster than you could read the reviews." So Davis, who is six foot three, bustled himself a job as a day laborer with a construction company at 50 bucks a week. There were times, he said, when he could hardly make it home nights. Reason for Laughs That's why I laugh when these stars whine about how hard they work making movies." he growled. Let em try haul-1 ing bricks for 50 bucks and then see how loud they holler." Davis said Hollywood is the only place he knows where you can drag down fabulous dough for doing practically nothing. "When you get right down to it," he said, "an actor only works a few hours a day. The rest of the time he's sitting around on the set shooting the bull . . . playing gin rummy . . . taking a nap ... or just twid dling his thumbs. "Where else do you get paid a fortune for killing time?" Kissing Pays Good And who else but Hollywood shells out four-figure paychecks for such pleasant work? Kissing beautiful ladies pays much bet ter, Jim said, than digging ditches. And it takes less out of a man. 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